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S. ARMSTRONG.

TOY REVOLVING DETONATOR.

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SAMUEL ARMSTRONG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ANDREW D. CAMPBELL,OF SAME PLACE.

TOY REVOLVING DETONATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,086, dated November10, 1885.

' Application filed Mach '1, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, SAMUEL ARMSTONG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy RevolvingDetonators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters ofreference marked. thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe clauses of the claim. I

Referring to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, in which likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the severalfigures, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a side elevation of a detonator havingone of the body-plates removed to' show the arrangements of interiorparts. Fig. 2 is a plan of a revolving table or bed on which the capsare exploded. Fig. 3 is a side, elevation similar to the first, showingthe parts in position for firing, and Fig. 4 is a section of the.device, taken through 00, Fig. 1. .l p

The figures of Sheet 2 illustrate a detonator of modified construction,Figs. v5 and 6 being side elevationsshowing the detonator with one ofthe side platesremoved. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of acap-receptacle as con-- structed for this second form of detonator. Fig.9 is a horizontal section taken through line 00, Fig. 6, and Fig. 10 isa vertical section through line 3/.

In said drawings, a indicates the body of i the detonator, having a formor shape resembling an ordinary revolver. Of said body, a is the handle,and a the barrel. Upon or within said body are formed or arranged atable, 72, or bed, upon which the caps are exploded, also a suitablehammer, c, for exploding the cap, a trigger, d, for operating thehammer, a cap chamber or receptacle, 0, and suitable mechanism forbringing the caps from the chamber e to a point in the line of path ofthe hammer automatically, and as often as the Serial No. 158,008. (Nomodel.)

hammer is cooked or raised prior to the exploding process.

The construction preferred is shown on Sheet 1 of the drawings. I hereshow a revolving table or bed, the upper surface of which eX- tends frombeneath the cap-receptacle to a position in the path of the hammer 0, sothat the movement of the bed may carry a cap or charge from saidreceptacle to a point where it may be exploded. Said bed or table may beoperated by any suitable mechanism; but I prefer to form or construct aseries of ratchetteeth, f, thereon, to be engaged by a suit-able pawl,connected with the hammer in such a manner as to operate the table orbed when the hammer is cooked. struction the hammer is pivoted on a pinor journal, h, and is provided with an arm, i, which is connected withthe pawl, throwing the same forward when the hammer is raised. Thespring j holds the hammer in an upright position, and when the triggeris pulled gives impetus to its downward movement. The spring is,fastened at one end to the handle, passes into a perforation or recessin the trigger and tends to hold the same forward. After the hammer iscooked, prior to exploding the cap, the trigger, which is pivoted on thejournal with the hammer, is pulled, when aprojection, Z, of said triggerengages a 00- operating projection, m, of the hammer, and forces thespring-bearing thereof pastthe center line, enabling said sprin g to actin exploding the cap, as will be understood. The top of the table or bedb, in the construction now being specifically described, is providedwith a series of recesses, a 12, Figs. 2 and 3, of a diameter and depthapproximately equal to that of the cap. Said recesses are caused tosuccessively coincide with the receptacle by the pawl 9, one movement ofwhich is sufficient to throw the table from one recess to the next inthe series. The cap-receptacle is tubular or cylindrical, so as toreceive a pile of overlying caps, the size of the cylinder being aboutequal to the size of the caps now found in the market. By means of aspring or weight, 6, at the top of the receptacle the caps are forced orborne down into the recesses of the table or'bed one at a time, thenumber being limited by the size of said recesses.

In said preferred con- ICO The caps are then carried or conveyed to thehammer. As a matter of convenience, I prefer to have four recesses inthe series, which when the table is at rest in the firing process aredisposed one beneath the receptacle,with a cap therein, one midwaybetween said receptacle and the hammer, having an uncovered cap therein,one beneath thehammer, and the remaining one, from which the cap hasbeen emptied by consumption in the explosion, opposite the second. Whenemploying the four said recesses, I may provide a spring, 0, which bearson the top of the table over the recess'containing the uncovered cap, sothat when a blow is struck by the hammer c the cap will not be thrownfrom said recess. I also provide a spring, 1), to bear against the saidtable to produce suffieient friction to overcome the force of inertia,so that the recesses will not be thrown past the mouth or bottom openingin the receptacle when pushed by the pawl. The two springs o andp arepreferably made of one continuous piece of wire formed and arranged asshown.

The receptacle may be provided with a cover or lid, q, as in Fig. 3.

It will be evident upon inspection of Figs. 5 to 10 that considerablechange may be made in the construction of the operative parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention.

In lieu of a movable table or bed upon which to explode the cap, I mayemploy afixed one, as b, the cap 8 being carried to or pushed upon saidbed by a finger, t, working through a slot, at, in the bottom of thereceptacle 'operated by a system of levers connecting with the hammer,or by other mechanism.

In operating the device the hammer is raised by the operator s hand,which act causes a cap to be deposited automatically on the bed, eitherin a position for exploding or to be then turned or otherwise brought toa position for exploding.

I am aware that a detonator has been constructed to explode charges offulminating substances disposed at intervals on a continuous ribbon.

My device is, intended to explode caps or papers detached from oneanothereach con taining or bearing a single charge.

What I claim as new is 1. In combination, a body, a, bed I), hammer c,trigger d, an immovable cap-receptacle, e, fixed stationary upon thebodya', and mechanism, substantially as described, adapted toautomatically carry the cap from said receptacle to a point upon saidbed in a position to receive the blow of the hammer.

2. In a detonator having a receptacle and hammer, a table extending fromsaid receptacle to said hammer, and having a series of pose set forth.

shallow depressions or recesses in the face thereof to receive a seriesof detached caps, said table being movable to carry or convey the saidcaps from said receptacle to said hammer, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, the body a, tubular receptacle 6, having an openbottom, a recessed table extending from said receptacle to the hammer,and adapted to receive and hold a series of caps as they drop or areforced automatically through said open bottom from the tubularreceptacle, saidhammer pivoted on the body, a trigger, springs j k, andmeans for revolving the table automatically when the hammer is raised,substantially as set forth.

4. In a detonator, a tubular receptacle adapted to hold a pile orcolumnar succession of caps, a fiat bed upon which to explode said caps,a hammer for exploding said caps, and mechanism, substantially asdescribed, adapted to transfer caps from the receptacle to. the bedautomatically when the said hammer is raised.

5. In combination, in a detonator, a body, a, having a receptacle forasuccession or pile of caps, said receptacle having an open bottom, andmechanism, substantially such as described, for pressing said capstoward said open bottom,substantially as and for the pur- 6. In adetonator, abody, a, a receptacle 6,

fixed upon said body a, to receive a pile or succession of caps, ahammer to explode said caps, a movable bed upon which to explode saidcaps, and mechanism, substantially such as described, for transferringthe caps one by one from the bottom of said pile to a point on said bedin line with the hammer, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

7. In a detonator, the combination of a body, a, a revolving bed havinga series of shallow cap-recesses in the face thereof, and a spring-arm,o, secured on said body and extending across one of said recesses, tohold the cap therein while a cap in another is being exploded,substantially as shown and described.

8. In a revolving detonator, the combination, with the body, of atubular cap-receptacle adapted to receive a succession or pile of caps,and having an open bottom to allow the exit of said caps, and a weightor its equivalent to force said caps down through said opening, as setforth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this27th day of January, 1885.

SAMUEL ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OSCAR A. MIoHEL.

